Jindabyne Community Library & Innovation Hub
Jindabyne Community Library & Innovation Hub
Replacing a mobile library
The new Community Library and Innovation Hub, as described in the project brief, ‘will meet community needs (previously serviced via a mobile library service) for a semi-permanent library service. The new library will be a landmark in Jindabyne, demonstrating Council’s commitment to contemporary library and information services. It will support lifelong learning, meet the needs of its community and reflect the character of the region. The library will focus on cultural, learning and recreational opportunities, with quiet spaces for study and informationseeking, places to collaborate and multifunction spaces for events and programs, accessible and highly visible collection display, travelling exhibitions, lectures, lifelong learning and digital literacy. It will provide a new venue for a range of community activities and appeal to people of all ages, occupations and lifestyles.’
A prefabricated envelope
The proposed floor space for the new library to provide the services, programs and activities the community needs is approximately 500 sqm. The building envelope was pre-fabricated (based on a DfMA system) to meet completion date targets, the available funding envelope, and to ensure the building can be utilised in the future in a new location or for another purpose. The entire project took a period of 9 months, from initial Request for Tender to completion and was delivered on budget.
A form in the round
The built form has been developed as a form ‘in the round’. The form is divided into four quadrants which are rotated to provide a varied roof form. This pitched roof references the adjacent context of the roof profiles of both the Jindabyne Memorial Hall, the Visitors Centre and the significant alpine architecture character of heritage items such as the Alpine Uniting Church. The project won the ALIA (Australian Library and Information Association) 2024 Best Small Library Award.
Read more in Insights: “a testament to the extraordinary talent, innovative vision, and exceptional dedication to libraries and architecture from the fjcstudio team”; Long Awaited Jindabyne Library Opens; IFLA LBES Mid-Year Seminar – Building Excellence: Global and Indigenous Trends in Library Design.
Awards
| 2024 | Australian Library and Information Association | Australian Library Design Awards, Public Library (Small), winner | |
Press
| 4 Mar 2025 | gooood | Jindabyne Library and Community Centre by fjcstudio | |
| 17 Dec 2024 | e-architect | Jindabyne Library and Community Centre, Australia | |
| 23 Nov 2022 | Built | Modern methods of construction fast-track Jindabyne Library build | |
| 3 Oct 2022 | LG Focus | Long-awaited library opens | |
| 3 Nov 2021 | Inside Local Government | Contractor named for Jindabyne library and innovation hub | |
